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The quarter-finals of the basketball Euroleague started with a dispute

On April 19 at 20.00 in the “Megasport” will host the second match of the quarterfinal series of Euroleague between CSKA Moscow and Khimki. The first on Tuesday was crowned with the victory of the army that actually consistently participate in the “Final four” of the main club tournament of the continent, but the meeting ended with a persistent struggle — 98:95 against the owners of the site, as expected at these stages.

Photo: press service of BC Khimki

But the leader of the guests, the point guard of “Khimki” and Russian national team Alexey Shved, although he admitted that his team may compete against a formidable opponent, admitted “Without judicial errors has not managed. The replay showed a clean game Egor Vialtsev who nevertheless the girl referee considered the foul. At +3 in favor of the army it was probably the decisive moment of meeting”. “Before the line was 10 inches” is the very Vyaltsev.

“A typical match of the playoffs, the game at a high level. But they had certain circumstances that always look weird, said about the opening game of the series, coach Georgios Bartzokas. — Has had a huge difference in fouls: CSKA shot 43 free throws, 31 of which came in the second half that is too much to play at that level and with such protection. But this is only the first game of the series…”

Recall that if men have decades of judge games in women’s sports, women began actively to prevent men’s battles in the XXI century. But the scandals are not excluded. Once she mastered the profession of women’s handball, tried men’s world Cup match and scored a foul, the player of the Russian team, because that’s women’s handball less hard. She was so used to. At the same time the male element of the power game is quite familiar and acceptable…

MEANWHILE

The plane which brought the famous Lithuanian basketball team “Zalgiris” on the parallel leg of the quarterfinals of the Euroleague with the Greek “Olympiakos”, landing chassis have lit up. At the Athens airport fire fighting equipment was brought to combat readiness. As it turned out, the liner having problems with the braking system. No one in the end was not injured.